Streaming: Rental Family (2025) by Hikari: When Brendan Fraser's post-Oscar career validates specialty theatrical amid streaming dominance
Industry Insight: Searchlight's $3.3M opening on 1,925 screens demonstrates specialty theatrical viability at scale between arthouse (<500 screens) and wide release (3,000+), as Fraser's Oscar credibility provides theatrical hook streaming lacks while mid-budget permits profitability at modest gross. Consumer Insight: Audiences respond to Fraser's "residual affection" (comeback narrative, Oscar validation, earnest screen presence) making him theatrical draw for feel-good material—post-Whalegoodwill converts to ticket sales for similar emotional territory. Brand Insight: "Rental family" premise combines cultural novelty (Western audiences unfamiliar with Japanese practice) with universal theme (loneliness, connection desire), allowing Hikari to explore specific culture through accessible emotional framework avoiding documentary distancing.
Source:The Guardian
January 13, 2026 01:32 UTC
Newspaper headlines: 'ADHD care costs soar' and 'Bin Diesel'
'ADHD care costs soar' and 'Bin Diesel'13 January 2026, 01:23 GMT Updated 13 January 2026, 05:22 GMTImage caption, There's a mix of stories on Tuesday's front pages. The paper reports the underground complex could be a "security risk" as the prime minister is expected to approve the embassy later this month. Image caption, The NHS is overspending by £164m a year on ADHD services, according to an investigation by the Guardian. The paper reports that Sir Keir Starmer is expected to approve the embassy before a visit to China later this month. The i Paper reports that under-16s in the UK could be banned from social media "within months".
Source:The Times
January 13, 2026 01:30 UTC
Federal polls: Roy Morgan and Fox & Hedgehog (open thread)
Labor is credited with a 52-48 two-party lead using both respondent-allocated preferences and previous election preference flows, compared with respective leads of 55-45 and 55.5-44.5 last month. The other comes from Fox & Hedgehog, a new outfit founded by former Peter Dutton staffer Michael Horner, and has Labor leading 53-47 from primary votes of Labor 29%, Coalition 25%, One Nation 21% and Greens 14%. Also featured are further two-party preferred match-ups showing Labor leading One Nation 56-44 and the Coalition leading One Nation 63-37, and a “three-party preferred” result with Labor on 46%, the Coalition on 29% and One Nation on 25%. Together with Anthony Albanese (33% approval and 48% disapproval) and Sussan Ley (19% approval and 32% disapproval), personal ratings were included for six further politicians, with Pauline Hanson scoring 38% approval and 41% disapproval. The poll was conducted January 5 and 6 from a sample of 1608.
Source:The Guardian
January 13, 2026 00:24 UTC
Generation Rent boss doubts claims of landlords selling up
The head of Generation Rent says the threat of landlords quitting the sector “should be taken with a large pinch of salt”. The comment comes in a Guardian article looking chiefly at the 2% tax rise on rental income imposed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in November’s Budget. Ben Twomey, chief executive of Generation Rent, says most landlords are able to absorb an increase in tax. He adds: “Regardless of costs, landlords find it all too easy to raise rents anyway when wages are rising and building new homes slows down. The Guardian – not known for its support for landlords in the past – cites one for whom the Reeves increase will cost £2,500 a year.
Source:The Guardian
January 13, 2026 00:06 UTC
Nadhim Zahawi caught in a mouse trap at YouGov
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Source:The Times
January 13, 2026 00:03 UTC
Guantanamo detainee was represented by Starmer ally Lord Hermer
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Source:The Times
January 12, 2026 23:42 UTC
UK dividend shares: a once-in-a-decade shot at bagging these 3 ultra-high yields?
2025 was a brilliant year for high income dividend shares. Legal & General, M&G and Phoenix all had solid track records of maintaining or growing dividends and strong Solvency II ratios, signalling capital strength. Even so, M&G’s forecast to yield 7.18% in 2026, Phoenix around 7.7%, and Legal & General an impressive 8.33%. However, M&G, Legal & General and Phoenix would all suffer in a stock market crash. If we do get another year of steady gains, those once-in-a-decade yields may be gone for good.
Source:The Times
January 12, 2026 22:37 UTC
The best wellness and fitness retreats in the UK for 2026
One of the big draws to Lime Wood hotel is the Herb House Spa. Book in for a one day ‘Rewild Yourself’ retreat, featuring a sunrise run, outdoor combat and a HIIT class (bookable privately). Freediver and breathwork expert Tracey Howe offers Contrast Therapy – timed exposure in a sauna paired with a cold plunge – and Sonic Freedive in collaboration with music and gong master Rich Hale. Freediving-inspired techniques aimed at optimising breathing and regulating the mind are followed by sound healing in the hydrotherapy area. Address: Beaulieu Rd, Lyndhurst SO43 7FZWhen: Throughout the yearPrice: From £100pp for Sonic Freedive, from £150pp for Contrast Therapy, Re-Wild Yourself from £265pplimewoodhotel.co.ukRead our full review of Lime Wood hotel
Source:The Times
January 12, 2026 22:13 UTC
Nadhim Zahawi: the many lives of the boy from Baghdad
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January 12, 2026 21:48 UTC
Shabana Mahmood ‘prepared to withdraw confidence in police chief’
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January 12, 2026 21:33 UTC
Reform UK’s one-man band adds a disgraced banjo in Nadhim Zahawi
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Source:The Times
January 12, 2026 21:27 UTC
Proscribing the Revolutionary Guard will have no impact, Keir Starmer says
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January 12, 2026 21:14 UTC
Colchester - person hit by London train seriously injured
The emergency services were called to the track in Colchester at around 9.30am today (January 12). Officers arrived with paramedics and a person was taken to hospital with “life-changing injuries”. LIVE updates as trains cancelled on London line after person hit by trainThe lines have since reopened by disruption is expected to remain until 3.15pm with delays and cancellations possible. “Officers attended along with paramedics and a person was taken to hospital with life changing injuries. “The incident is not being treated as suspicious.”
Source:The Times
January 12, 2026 20:05 UTC
Nadhim Zahawi defection shows the line between parties is blurring
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January 12, 2026 19:36 UTC
The end of the postal service in Denmark. PostNord exits the scene after 401 years.
At the end of December 2025, something happened in Denmark that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. The state-owned postal service PostNord delivered its last letter, bringing to a close the history of an institution that had been operating continuously since 1624. Denmark was the first country in the world to completely abandon its national universal letter delivery service. Maintaining an extensive delivery network for around 110 million letters per year, down from over a billion in previous decades, simply ceased to be profitable. The story of the Danish postal service, which closed after 401 years of operation, has a touch of melancholy and a poetic ending.
Source:The Guardian
January 12, 2026 18:38 UTC